Your website can look fine while its technical upkeep slips behind. When we compare WordPress maintenance plans, we look past the monthly fee to a more useful question: who takes responsibility when an update, outage, or mistake interrupts your business? A useful plan brings hosting, updates, backups, monitoring, and support into a clear scope. We’ll explain what to compare, what our service includes, and what to ask before choosing a partner, without turning this into another do-it-yourself maintenance tutorial.
At a glance, a TinyFrog WordPress maintenance plan includes:
- Managed WordPress hosting on WP Engine
- WordPress core, theme, and plugin updates when they’re compatible and appropriate
- Daily off-site backups with about 30 days of history
- Security, uptime, and performance monitoring
- SSL and PHP updates
- WooCommerce support
- A dedicated account manager as your point of contact
- Site restoration if it goes down, even after client error
What should WordPress maintenance plans include?
Start with the work that keeps your website available and recoverable. WordPress core, active themes, and active plugins need periodic review, with updates applied when they’re available, compatible, and technically appropriate. Security monitoring and daily off-site backups belong alongside that work, not in a separate conversation after something goes wrong.
We also look for uptime monitoring, SSL, and speed and performance monitoring. These serve different purposes: an availability alert tells a team the site may be down, while performance monitoring helps identify a site that’s still online but becoming frustrating to use.
How does TinyFrog structure a monthly plan?
Every site has a different mix of plugins, integrations, and business priorities. We start with a free site review, then create a custom monthly plan that fits the website and business. Our managed hosting and maintenance pricing starts around $100 per month, with the site review guiding the actual recommendation.
Our WordPress maintenance, security, and hosting service combines technical care with a dedicated development coordinator or account manager. We host and maintain more than 700 client sites, and we want you to know who to contact when you have a question rather than wonder which vendor owns the problem.
Is hosting part of the plan or a separate service?
Our plans include hosting on WP Engine, daily off-site backups, security monitoring, uptime monitoring, and technical support. Our managed WordPress hosting overview explains the hosting side in more detail, including backup history of about 30 days. When comparing providers, ask whether the quote covers only server space or also the ongoing WordPress work. Then ask who handles PHP updates, plugin compatibility concerns, and performance monitoring, because those responsibilities shouldn’t be left unclear between a host and a maintenance partner.
What happens if an update or a mistake takes the site down?
Recovery matters as much as prevention. If a website hosted and maintained with our team goes down for any reason, including client error, we’ll take responsibility and restore it. That support commitment is different from simply having a backup file available.
Ask any prospective provider how restoration works and who starts the recovery process. You should also clarify the backup history and how recent changes would be handled, especially when your website collects orders or other frequently changing information.
What should a WooCommerce owner ask before choosing a plan?
Stores have more dependencies than a simple brochure website. Checkout, payments, inventory, and shipping all rely on connected systems, so ask how the proposed plan accounts for your store’s setup and support needs. We support WooCommerce and handle PHP updates as part of our WordPress maintenance and secured hosting service. Your site review is the place to discuss store-specific requirements and confirm the scope, rather than assume every integration issue is covered by a routine software update.
What work might fall outside routine maintenance?
Routine maintenance isn’t a blank check for every new feature or configuration change. Some tools need work beyond an update, such as account reconnection, license renewal, troubleshooting, or a new setup. Our team can provide a separate recommendation or scope for approval when additional work is needed.
Be equally clear about the content work you want to keep in-house. Our guide to maintaining your WordPress website after launch covers the difference between content upkeep and technical maintenance. This guide is about choosing the service behind that technical work, not repeating the task schedule.
How do you choose a maintenance partner with confidence?
Compare written responsibilities, not just a list of features. Ask who reviews updates, who watches alerts, how backups are stored, and who takes ownership of an outage. Confirm how you’ll communicate with the team and how work outside the plan is approved.
If you want to understand what your site actually needs, request a free site review with TinyFrog. We’ll look at the website first and recommend a custom monthly plan, so you can make the decision with a clear scope and a real point of contact.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much do TinyFrog WordPress maintenance plans cost?
Our managed hosting and maintenance pricing starts around $100 per month. We begin with a free site review and create a custom monthly plan based on the website and business.
Does the plan include hosting?
Yes, our WordPress maintenance plans include hosting on WP Engine. Hosting sits alongside backups, security monitoring, updates when appropriate, and ongoing technical support.
How often are backups created?
We create daily off-site backups of website files and the database. Backup history is about 30 days, so talk with us about recovery requirements for your particular site.
Do you support WooCommerce and PHP updates?
Yes, we support WooCommerce websites and handle PHP updates as part of our maintenance and secured hosting service. We’ll review your site’s setup to define the right scope.
Will TinyFrog restore the site if I caused the problem?
Yes, if your website is hosted and maintained with us and goes down, we’ll take responsibility and restore it, including when client error caused the outage. Bring any recovery questions to the site review so responsibilities are clear.